The development of humanism during the Renaissance was meant to amplify the importance of the human being through rational arguments, against the primacy of divine beings. It was, in essence, meant to…
Tag: Shyam Benegal
Directors From Parallel Cinema Entering Mainstream Bollywood: Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s Naseem (1995) is a tender film dealing with a sensitive subject like communal violence without portraying bloodshed. He has an impressive portfolio…
Manoj Bajpayee is one of the finest actors of our generation. His foothold in Hindi cinema has spanned both the commercial and the independent. The most striking feature of his varied filmography…
Revisiting Shyam Benegal’s Welcome to Sajjanpur now made me realize how this 2008 sleeper hit had all the tropes of a 2020 Ayushmann Khurrana movie. A slice of life, a wholesome social…
Picking the best Shyam Benegal movies is an embarrassment of riches. His body of work is unprecedented for Indian cinema. My delightful dilemma was not about which ones to choose but about…